Ahh, it feels so good to be loved.

We work hard to always give our readers the best, and many of you have thanked us for it through emails, forum posts, and of course...your patronage! Now it looks like the gospel of Planet GameCube is spreading into new realms. Last week Billy was interviewed by all sorts of Japanese magazines, and he's known all over the Japanese online community as "Crazy Billy".

Rumors abound about a new Game Boy Advance with a backlit screen. Is it reality, or a dream?

GBA News is "reporting" on retailers suggesting that a new Game Boy Advance is to be released in Japan in December. The kicker is, this one is to have a backlit screen. (Actually, to be more accurate, a "front-lit" screen.)

Not ones to to just accept any old rumor as fact, we've done a little... Read more...

Actually, it’s more of a complete, overall summary of the situation to date courtesy of the GIA.

The newly revitalized Gaming Intelligence Agency has provided its look at the persistent Square rumors and the overall situation between Square & Nintendo in recent years. Ever since the announcement that Sony PSX would get Final Fantasy VII and not N64, the Square issue has been a sensitive one.

Broken Saints, the online mature graphic literature with Nintendo aspirations has undergone an overhaul. Here's some of the new additions & info!

Broken Saints is online graphic literature, animated with Flash and accompanied by music… And one day it might be a Nintendo game. That’s the rumor that’s followed the project since it appeared many months ago.

Earlier this week, the site re-launched and sports a new look & several new features, including a new intro. The latest episode of Broken Saints Chapter 11 is ready, and a new cut of Chapter 1 is up too.

Thanks to IGNCube we now know a couple cool things about the GameCube system.

With its core demographic young children, Nintendo designs its systems to endure a fair amount of wear n’ tear. The GameCube is no different and apparently is built to accommodate the new disc format which replaces the traditional cartridge.

The IGN gang apparently fearing the unpredictable... Read more...

Thank's to fenegi we've got another great interview to read! Bonus: See how the Dolphin name came about!

Jet lag, and insomnia kicked in full on today. I've been up until 4am. Louie just wouldn't turn off the GameCube! Damn cat!

Yes all, that's really how it happened. Louie forced me by TEH CLAW to not move from the couch, and forget about the fruit juice that exploded in the 'fridge 3 weeks ago.

I've had the GameCube in the house of pain for over 24 hours. I've slept a bit, unpacked...and of course rocked out on the love of that is GameCube.

Next-Gen magazine has confirmed 3 more Namco games for the GameCube, check the article to get the juice.

According to the latest issue of Next-Gen Magazine, there are 3 more Namco games coming to the GameCube. They are an enhanced version of Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, the futuristic arcade racer Smashing Drive, and Dead to Rights (which will first be exclusive on the Xbox for 3 months). Previously announced Namco GameCube titles include Soul Calibur 2 and Ridge Racer Next.

It's true...the Dolphin name will live on with Nintendo's new console, games, and accessories!

One sort of minor but cool thing to note...but the serial #'s for Nintendo's new love have a much deeper meaning...

GameCube: DOL-S-VTA (JAPAN)

GameCube controller: DOL-003

Memory Card 59: DOL-A-MLG (JPN)

Luigi's Mansion: DOL-P-GLMJ (JPN)

Basically all launch items have the DOL as the first three characters.

Louie trashed the place, and theirs s--t all over my keyboard. Not too surprising. Made it home safe, and now I'm Gleaming the Cube!

Damn, it's good to be back, and safely I might add. Special thanks to Northwest Airlines for getting me back in one piece. Also special thanks to customs for letting me get through quickly...and free. Word. Security was pretty tight, and people were rather tense. I think that's rather understandable.... Read more...

According to gamefront.de, a german site, Square is set to develop for the Nintendo Gamecube.

Supposedly, Square is going to hold a press conference soon detailing their plans on the Nintendo Gamecube. They are going to be releasing a port of FFXI in addition to a new game, that might be exclusive. Reportedly, Nintendo paid several billion yen to Square to develop on the Gamecube.

Pikmin.com is open for business, while NintendoGameCube.com has a new look and new info on the Cube Clubs.

Thanks to Nintendo Pulse, we now know that the initial Pikmin website has launched. There isn't much to it, but you can sign up to receive Pikmin news via email, and you get to hear some of the awesome Pikmin music (though the sample is very short and repetitive).

More interesting is the big... Read more...

Who says official magazines are worthless?

Our fellow website N-Gaming has the newest issue of Nintendo Official Magazine from Europe. The mag contains two very interesting passages about two of the most mysterious games shown at SpaceWorld.

On Mario Sunshine's backpack:

"We’ve since discovered that it is a water cannon, and that it will play a central part in the game."

In about 14 hours from now, I board a plane home for PGC's world headquarters! Woohoo! Louie, you better kick the chicks out of there and clean the place!

That's right...I'm almost out of here. It's been an absolutely wonderful trip...but my final mission was accomplished on this trip, and I should be on my way home tomorrow. Keep me in your prayers that I get home safe. Boarding a plane right now isn't at all that appealing. But I think I'll be okay.

Despite a rather small launch, the GameCube is flying off shelves. News direct from Japan!

I visited a few game shops today and witnessed a LOT more GameCubes selling. Almost more than what I witnessed during launch. Sure launch was a little smaller than I had anticipated, but I think since the word has gotten out that Nintendo has launched a system....people are buying it up.

I'm personally looking forward to seeing the numbers. But people are down with the NGC.

Well, it could be my fault really. I only bought 1.5 million controllers. Nintendo should have planned ahead!

It's true. GameCube controllers are hard to come by here. With two out of three games having four player possibilities...what did you expect?

I wouldn't be surprised if there's some sort of mark up on import controllers in the near future. That's not to say Nintendo will have more available soon. They better be well stocked for the rest of the world!

It seems that ATI wants to remind players that it's because of them that the GameCube has such fantastic graphics.

In a pretty bold move, Nintendo has placed the ATI logo directly on the GameCube unit itself. The logo appears on the front of the cube in the lower right hand corner. It simply reads "Graphics by ATI." Though this isn't exactly the latest news we thought that we'd repost about it and give you a picture of the logo directly off of Billy's GameCube.

Steven Kent writes up his own thoughts and perspective on the launch and its lack of overwhelming enthusiasm. Oh, and it has some quotes by some weirdo...

Steven Kent, the mainstream press's favorite Nintendo evangelist (or is that only?) has written up his summation of the Nintendo launch. While he tries to paint the positives there is certainly a hint to the odd lack of people going wild when compared to most major hardware launches and Kent, too, comes to the point many have cited: A lack of Mario makes for a lack of interest.

BBC puts in a summary of the GameCube launch and the war ahead. Complete with comments by a special someone...

Though the Japanese GameCube launch may have not been as frenzied as hoped the media hasn't hesitated to give it some attention. Even in Europe where the GameCube launch has some time to go from now there's some positive coverage by the media as evidenced by this article... complete with a few quotes from a mysterious stranger.

Our readers over the big pond can now enjoy one of the biggest GBA releases yet.

European Nintendo fans are used to waiting forever to get the good games...and sometimes titles never show up at all over there. But, on the heels of the announcement that Paper Mario will indeed be heading to that multi-lingual region soon (its predecessor never made it), Mario Kart: Super Circuit... Read more...